Title
Specialty Consultant Selections - Multiple County Projects
Action
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate terms and conditions, including fees to execute a contract with the selected firms for Geotechnical Investigation, Construction Phase Materials Testing, and Special Inspection Services for multiple County projects and in the event negotiations with the selected firms are unsuccessful, approve negotiations and contract execution with the alternate firms.
Staff Contact: Steven Wallace, Project Manager, Asset and Facility Management Department
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Mecklenburg County has the need to select and contract with specialty firms for Geotechnical Investigation, Construction Phase Materials Testing, and Special Inspection services on each of the following projects:
7th & College Street Parking Deck
Tuckaseegee Recreation Center
Latta Place Historic Site Visitor Center
Ribbonwalk Nature Center
Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Materials Testing and Special Inspection firms are licensed engineering firms that are hired separately from the primary design consultant and construction contractor. These firms work directly for the Owner and provide onsite observation and laboratory services to verify the proper installation of critical construction elements that can include soils, concrete, masonry, structural steel, seismic resistance, fire-proofing, etc.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised on July 24, 2025 in the Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte Post, Greater Diversity News and the State of North Carolina Electronic Vendor Portal (eVP) web site. The selection of the consulting firms followed NC General Statute 143-64.31, which prescribes a qualifications-based selection process.
Ten (10) firms (listed below) submitted a Statement of Qualifications.
Bunnell-Lammons Engineering, Inc.
ECS Southeast, LLC
ESP Associates, Inc.
Froehling & Robertson...
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